This edited book promotes thinking, dialogue, research and theorisation on multiple ways of making connections in mathematics teaching and learning in early childhood education.
Apr
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This book provides a comprehensive introduction to modern financial modeling using Excel, VBA, standards of financial modeling and model review. It offers guidance on essential modeling concepts around the four core financial activities in the modern financial industry today: financial management; corporate finance; portfolio management and financial derivatives.
Economics has always had an unstable reputation in the academic world as well as in the public eye. Some consider economists to be scientists while others see them as disguised ideologues. The resulting insecurity of their discipline’s status has driven economists continually to redefine its scope, methods, and content.
Apr
14
A disgraced scientist develops a hair growth formula derived from pickled wolfsbane.
Don’t let the title fool you. The Sleeping Dictionary is the most seductive argument for foreign-language education a boy ever had and is by far one of the best romantic movies where love triumphs over the traditional hypocrisy of so-called civilized society.
Hugh Dancy is a young and idealistic colonial official posted to Britain’s deep-jungle Sarawak outpost in 1939, and Jessica Alba is the “sleeping dictionary,” a sexy tutor who proves that the fastest way to learn a language is through lovemaking. Guy Jenkin trades in old clichés for new ones in his revision of the exotic old melodramas of forbidden love between handsome colonial men and gorgeous, guileless native girls.
Apr
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Two brothers’ relationship strains when the younger one receives news of a strange inheritance complicating their competition for a mysterious young woman who arrives on their island. The entire family reaches a breaking point brought about by startling revelations about their mother’s fidelity, love, friendship and betrayal.
Apr
14
A singer-songwriter chasing fame and a journalism student researching his thesis are drawn into a sinister underworld as each attempts to discover the truth behind the curse of “The 27 Club”.
Apr
14
When Michele Chadwick’s best friend Sophia accidentally awakens the spirit of a malevolent witch that died centuries ago, Michele has to find a way to save her soul from eternal damnation.
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14
A US soldier suffers a traumatic brain injury while fighting in Afghanistan and struggles to adjust to life back home.
A revolution is happening in the Texas justice system. It has always been one of the most notorious in America. Tough judges, tough sentences and a reputation for putting people away when the evidence can be shaky. But things are changing fast.
Apr
14
Sidney Hall finds accidental success and unexpected love at an early age, then disappears without a trace.
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14
Raina, an American neurologist, uproots her life to research music therapy in India, and finds herself teaching children and adults with disabilities. By bringing them together through music and inspiring them to challenge themselves through their abilities, their lives are transformed. Den and Angel, though they are disabled, want to contribute towards the betterment of society by overcoming their physical challenges. As they come of age, they must learn to cope with abuse and bullying. Their lives intersect with Raina, who is struggling to further her research. Raina’s philosophy and life changes while she is in India, where she is touched by the beauty of the culture and the stories of children with disabilities. Through her experience, she understands that balance of mind, body, and soul are vital in realizing the true value of life. Disability is a perception; ability is what we believe.
